I.A New Term is coming.

July 6, 2008 Sunny

Time passed quickly. When I still remember what I have done in Senior One, Senior Three is coming.

Today is so hot that I don’t want to study any more. But it can’t come true. We still have English, Math, Chinese and Chemistry.

The university entrance examination in China is a bit different from that in other countries. Otherwise, the exam in different places in China is also different. For example, the total score in Beijing is higher than that in Shanghai and the exam test papers are almost different. I am a Senior 3 student in Shanghai, so I will be the candidate of Shanghai. I will have 5 tests including in Chinese, Math, English, Chemistry and comprehensive test, which we also call “3+x”test. What is the “3+x”? “3”means the 3 main subjects which are Chinese, Math and English, which you must learn and understand. “x” means an alternative subject which is chosen by yourselves. Different students have different choices. If you are a student of liberal arts, you have 3 choices, History, Politics and Geography. And if you are a student of science, you also have 3 choices, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. So I am a student of science. And the comprehensive test is about all subjects like Chinese, Math, English, Physics, Chemistry, History, Politics, Geography and Biology.

In some ways, this exam decides your future life, so it is very important. What kinds of university you will enter mostly depend on the score of the test. The higher your score is, the better the university will be. The condition is different from other countries. We don’t need to write some letter of recommendation to a lot of universities, just need your wonderful score no matter how bad you were in the past. So it is a little unfair. We have to work for 15 more hours and you have to do some strange and difficult questions. However, everybody besides me have to cleat this hurdle and go toward another one.